Meritorious Service Award

An award known as the “Meritorious Service Award” may be conferred upon members of the Rite in this Jurisdiction who have attained the 32° and who by reason of meritorious service of a Masonic character are deemed worthy of such recognition.

Presiding Officers of the Bodies in a Valley present a unanimous recommendation to the Council of Deliberation of their State, nominating the members whom they feel should receive the award.

The presentation of the awards are made by the Illustrious Deputy or someone designated by him, and such presentation is made either in a meeting of a Body of which the recipients are members or at a meeting of the Council of Deliberation.

In the Valley of Dayton, the recipients of this distinguished award can be easily noticed by the Red Cap worn at Scottish Rite functions. The recipients of this award each year are guests of the Valley to the Ohio Council of Deliberation at which time they are duly recognized by the Deputy of Ohio.

The year shown is the year that the Brother was elected to receive the award which is conferred at the following year's meeting of the Ohio Council of Deliberation.

1. Valley of Dayton MSA Recipients
   H. R. Whiteman, Jr ..........................................1967
   James E. Collins ............................................. 1989
   Stuart D. Stull ................................................. 1995
   Gareth W. Knight ............................................ 1996
   Ralph E. Orndorf ............................................. 1996
   Randal A. Anderson, Jr.. .................................. 1997
   Cary I. Fenton ................................................. 1997
   Ralph L. Kettering ........................................... 1998
   Charles E. VanGilder ....................................... 1998
   Eugene A. Beeching ........................................ 2000
   James R. Coleman .......................................... 2000
   Joe Diamond ................................................... 2001
   Lewis W. Mann ................................................2001
   James L. Church ............................................. 2002
   Robert A. Fowle............................................... 2002
   Donald A. Butts ............................................... 2003
   Myron E. Retske ............................................. 2003
   Trevis R. Barker .............................................. 2004
   Roy Livesay, Jr.. .............................................. 2004
   Charles R. Farmer.............................................2005
   John C. Harold..................................................2005
   J. Robert Carpenter............................................2006
   Jay A. Wright....................................................2006
   William O'Brien..................................................2007
   Don L. Weir.......................................................2007
   

A complete list of those members of the Valley of Dayton who have been honored with the Meritorious Service Award is on display in the Scottish Rite Photo Gallery on the First Floor Mezzanine.